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Do you feel the same?

Whenever Shiv Chanderpaul came in to bat I felt quietly assured. I'd just feel to take a glass of win and sip and enjoy my cricket.

When Tage comes to bat I ask myself how could a man be so crabby and uninspiring to watch?

In reply to InHindsight

In reply to InHindsight

I saw Shiv when he was 15 or 16 and you knew instantly he had it...by the time he was 17 he was scoring runs against Ambi in FC cricket...

some are born different

Did you pay to watch shiv Chanderpaul bat?

In reply to doosra

Everyone who saw Shiv bat when he was a teenager knew he had "it" and would be a successful Test batsman.

Even your fren iTito.

Didn't teenage Shiv score a double ton off Pom U19 in Pomland?

In reply to Brerzerk

Yep. At Trent Bridge.

In reply to imusic


Shiv changed his batting style late in his career, his debut inning against England looks nothing like later .

Hooper, Lara, Shiv, Sars and Gayle all had the "it" factor. I think Marlon Samuels had it also. Not too sure about anyone since that bunch.

In reply to camos

people have short selective memories...people went to cricket when Shiv was playing

don't let anyone else tell you otherwise

In reply to camos

I believe shiv changed his batting style prior to, or during the tour to Sri Lanka when he was captain

In reply to imusic

I totally forgot that Shiv was captain at one point.

Now I can remember him sending BCL to field on the long leg boundary because he was fed up with the constant 'advice'.

In reply to imusic
Yep!

In reply to Drapsey

In reply to iTito

Are you suggesting Shiv’s captaincy can be characterized as one of moderate successes and devastating failures?

In reply to imusic

Does it matter? I got an autograph and a pic with him and wife way before Tage was born